WhiteRacist:
Africa is a shithole and a monumental failure. after years of independence nothing over there to show for it.

There is something to show for it: no Hurricanes.

KingSango:


We are born and then we die but the spirit lasts forever. The one who shuns death is in ignorance of this powerful truth. For just as we are here, which we sense mortally as real, but Maya is creation in Sanskit, and then in Yoruba Ifa wisdom, maya is Yemaya, the mother of creation simply the created illusion. Yemaya is creation and Obatala is the cause of creation, as mama is the giver of life, Obatala is the father is the cause of pregnancy. The devotees, those possessed by the Gods readily sacrifice themselves for tradition because they know this world is an illusion. Once you have been in contact with the others on different plane of existence, ancestors,, spirits and gods, and you know there are higher planes you don't look back. And as we are here and this activity seems real all we do on the after death planes are real too! Ase, Love Sango

I am with you for the Sanskrit comparison.

kikuyu1:


Hmmm...I heard Gypsies were Rajasthanis who fled after the Mughal invasions. Do you have more info?

I have found some info on Wikipedia about the India origin of the Gypsies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinti

The Sinti (also Sinta or Sinte; masc. sing. Sinto; fem. sing. Sintesa) are a Romani people of Central Europe.[1] They were traditionally itinerant, but today only a small percentage of the group remains unsettled. In earlier times, they frequently lived on the outskirts of communities. The Sinti of Central Europe are closely related to the group known as Manouche in France. They speak the Sinti-Manouche variety of Romani, which exhibits strong German influence.

"Sinti" may be derived from "Sindhi", the name of a people of the Sindh region in India as the original Gypsies whom all derive from India through a recent Estorian and Indian study [2], a notion popular among the Sinti themselves, although the vast majority of scholars and anthropologists have claimed that there is no known basis for the comparison.[3]

The Sinti arrived in Germany and Austria in the Late Middle Ages along with Romani from India,[4] eventually splitting into two groups: Eftavagarja ("the Seven Caravans" and Estraxarja ("from Austria".[citation needed] They arrived in Germany before 1540.[5] The two groups expanded, the Eftavagarja into France, Portugal and Brazil, where they are called "Manouches", and the Estraxarja into Italy and Central Europe, mainly what are now Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania,[dubious – discuss] the Czech Republic and Slovakia, eventually adopting various regional names.[citation needed] In Italy they are present mainly in Piedmont region (where in Piedmontese they are called Sinto, although the word for Gypsies is sìngher, as the Italian zingaro), with some communities in Veneto and Emilia Romagna as well.

2 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/9719058/European-Roma-descended-from-Indian-untouchables-genetic-study-shows.html

Cultural Independence. A starting point for Knowledge of Self. He taught in Boston and Havard, they accumulate what we have rejected and they sponsors other things to keep us in a state of self-rejection so that we do not rise up again.

Anything that is original to us, they psych us to reject it and they take it over. The tattoos some of our grandparents had, is being exported to us after they stole it from us.

The local content policy that had been introduced into the Petroleum Sector could help the Nigerian Software Industry.

Oracle Corp started out or became big by developing relational databases for the CIA.

The industry also requires a scientific-industrial culture in order to be recognised as a contributor to our development.

Lorax:

Why do we keep referring to those traveling out as second class citizens and slaves? Are we treated any better in Nigeria? No everyone is cut out for the life of suffering and smiling. People are suffering in this country and you expect them to sit down and keep hoping instead of looking for a way out? Open a thread stating that you want to give out money to people in need and hear different stories. Do you know that as cheap as Education is in Nigeria majority of Nigerians can't afford it? Do you know how many mouths those second class citizens and slaves are feeding in Nigeria? Do you know how much they send to relatives and families year in and out? Please don't blame people for taking a way out.

If I offer the money, it will be saved for ticket and visa.

Most Americans take loans to go to College, not University. A lot get stuck trying to repay these loans. Instead of Campus Runs girls, they call them student Escort girls. There is no free tertiary education there. What Awolowo started here is unimaginable there. It is we who go there and aspire to their Universities and that is how they raise money to give their people scholarship.

Their free public High School is a war zone, where kids can get de-educated.

As for the remittances to relatives in Nigeria, it is at the expense of their mental health. They have been depersonalised to become a mere Social Security Number.

Why are so many Americans drug addicts? It is to dull the pain we do not see in Hollywood films that entice us.

We need a wake up call.

Nsogbu1992:
well, to be fair, I agree with you to some extent. But, did you say,"IMPORTED CEOS"? Which of them? Like Tony Elumelu, Aliko Dangote, Temi Otedola, Jim Ovia, Cosmos Maduka, CLetus Ibeto, innoson group? etc. I can go on and on. These guys were made in Nigeria, not imported. You sound like a foreigner. You don't sound like a Nigerian. You said you are a finance major. How many finance majors actually come out of school in America or U.K and get top jobs. Unless you are a white man, your chances are very slim. And if you are a foreigner, it becomes slimmer. I know one of my buddies who studied finance in America. But no job. the ones he could get were offering him peanuts. This guy was smart enough to save and come home. Today, he is making much more than your so called MBA holders over there. I know you need capital to start off. That is why I said, "save up, come home and invest". The chances of becoming a dollar millionaire is much greater in Nigeria than America or U.K. Infact the UNITED KINGDOM is a DYING SUPER POWER. Most people in the U.K. are poor and live on government welfare. Income tax in the U.K. is almost 50%. I have been there and I have seen it. I have also been to America and seen what happens. As for your major(finance) I don't want to discourage you, but, you better start making rich friends now!.

Well said! I have been following up your responses to the apparent online marketing of second-slavery transatlantic slave ship. This time, they have picked on the wrong person to lure on-board. Slave Ship Ahoy!

White Irish Slaves

The rulers of Europe, being Black People, evokes questions about the motive for slave trade. School curriculum teach that Slave Trade was an action by White People of Europe enslaving Black people of Africa [who had been sold and waiting to be picked off].

But there is an aspect of Slave Trade that has been ignored: White Irish Slaves.

[img]https://radio2hot.files./2013/12/white-slave65a.jpg[/img]

[img]https://radio2hot.files./2013/12/white-slave3.jpg[/img]

"[/b]White and Black Slaves in the Sugar Plantations of Barbados. None of the Irish victims ever made it back to their homeland to describe their ordeal. These are the lost slaves; the ones that time and biased history books conveniently forgot.
The first slaves imported into the American colonies were 100 White children. They arrived during Easter, 1619, four months before the arrival of a the first shipment of Black slaves.Mainstream histories refer to these laborers as indentured servants, not slaves, because many agreed to work for a set period of time in exchange for land and rights.[b]"

https://radio2hot./2013/12/31/the-irish-slaveswhat-they-will-never-ever-tell-you-in-history-class-or-anywhere-else-white-and-black-slave/

Africans were selected into slavery, not purely out of hatred for Africans, but for the desire of their superior human resource in the plantations of the Americas. Black Slaves were not just planters, but were inventors who made contributions to labour-saving inventions. At the beginning of the Transatlantic slave Trade, there was no concept of racial unity to prevent the undesirable Irish and even Scottish from being hurled into slavery. Even as far into 20th century White England there were house signs in England that read: "No accommodation for dogs & Irish". Racism or Tribalism?

This lack of concept of racial unity meant that the Black Rulers of Europe could not identify with African Slaves as "our people": Black Europeans were Europeans, more especially as Africans had not been migrating into Europe since ancient times. Africans to the Black Rulers of Europe were simply "those Africans", available to be oppressed and to make a fortune out of their free labour!

So, it is not impossible for Black People to have been the Rulers of Europe at the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade.

References:
NOTES) John P. Prendergast, The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, Dublin, ?, 1865(2) Ibid.(3) See, for example, Thomas Addis Emmet, Ireland Under English Rule, NY & London,Putnam, 1903(4) Prendergast, The Conwellian Settlment of Ireland(5) Richard Ligon, A True and Exact History of Barbadoes, London,Cass, 1657, reprinted 1976(6)Sean O’Callaghan, To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland, (Dingle, Ireland: Brandon, 2001)(6) James F. Cavanaugh, Clan Chief Herald(7) For Mather’s account of the case, see Cotton Mather, Memorable Providences, Relating ToWitchcrafts And Possessions (1689)

Very good. Cultural export taking off in Kogi State.

Yes, I shuttle between vegan and lacto-vegetarian or asian vegetarian. I started as lacto vegetarian over 20 years back. I eat nigerian dishes without any meat, fish, eggs, snails, dried fish or maggi cubes (fish seasoning).
I also eat asian stir-fried vegetables with rice if I have to travel. Then from the Indian restaurants, I get Palak (spinach) Paneer(cottage milk cheese) with basmati rice/chappati.

I would say that Eastern Africa is vegan-ready for travelers. Kenya has vegan options in every hotel, big or small. West Africa is still coming up.

I am currently experimenting with home made culture-free soy yogurt. Maybe I will start a thread for that.

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ebonyeyes88:
yea I have few years ago...i have west Africa lineage and mostly Native American decent... from Wichita and Choctaw tribes. Also my family practiced few traditional things here and there.

I do not intend to distract your thread, but would like to show you my favourite Choctaw pin from my Board on Black Native America/African America.

Choctaw Indians

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/297026537914230688/
https://www.pinterest.com/gikit/afro-americas-diaspora/

Slavery in Yemen

Slavery is illegal throughout the world, banned by international convention and treaty. But there is at least one country where it is alleged still to exist: Yemen.

In June 2010, a local Yemeni newspaper, Al-Masdar, reported that slavery not only existed but was growing in Yemen. It published the story of 500 alleged slaves in the country.

The government dismissed the Al-Masdar reports and insisted they were entirely unfounded.

But when a Yemeni judge approved the transfer of a slave from one owner to another, it triggered a campaign by a local journalist, human rights activists, and the wider press.

With the help of these campaigners and using hidden cameras, the makers of this Al Jazeera film investigate political figures allegedly involved in modern slavery.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2014/09/slavery-yemen-201491011519125302.html

WeirdoNg:
The Arabs did the same thing Europeans did. But, we don't talk about it because we've adopted theirs religions

That is what keeps us as their slaves.

byvan03:
It gets complicated very easily. If only he quietly picked a paper and waited for his soup in peace , but no ,the ill raised naija man must prove he is lord and master at any given time. See where" how dare you go out without my authorization seal" landed this one.

This woman has ruined her life , leaving this man while he lives would have been an honourable path.

A Ghanaian pro footballer tried it with his Swedish wife. He will land back to Ghana in 2 years time. Lack of tact in handling domestic "surprises".

vuc1:

Life itself is not normal.There is nothing wrong in being different. I'm sure those guys that thought out those designs and technology aren't just normal in the brain like normal people. If I can utilize 70% bro I'll welcome it.

I agree with you. I think @jayloms is alerting that it takes a lots of guts to be different in our society that celebrates using 5% of one's brain to work against those who aspire to use 70%.

They want the shape of an African woman.

Felixalex:
Sure admission... The guy is really good, only few people have the nerves to apply for mathematics directly, most of us who studied mathematics were pushed there because they wouldn't give us computer science or all those engineering courses.

But then while studying mathematics, I found out nothing is difficult in life if you confront it. Throughout my primary and secondary school days I never scored up to 55/100 in maths, but I went to the university, studied mathematics against my wish and finished with a 2:1

Something is wrong in the way Math and Physics is taught in secondary schools.

Parents contribute to the choice of course of students. We still have a long way to go with that. That is all I can say.

tuscani:
please give one example please

I know of Greeks who are named Kristos, from which is derived Christ.

Pharaoh9:



Who made "Jesus" the Greek's name higher than the original Hebrew name Yahshua?

Stup!d people carrying foreign religion on their head pass the owners

.....and performing miracles that the owners never saw!

Urhobo eschatology has a contribution to Abraham. City of Ur is from Urhobo.

lecturerdabo:
May God grant us all life and the means to raise our kids ourselves!

I experienced "uncle Wife " wickedness, I believe what they can do!!

Parents please bear the few you can train!!!(Shit happens though)

Supported! I wonder what happened to Planned Parenthood Federation of those days.

Over-producing children to share them out is not the best.

A Nigerian co-worker tells you "Come to my Church/Mosque", he or she wants to demand a favour from you, what you do not owe him/her, using the cover of belonging to the same gathering outside the workplace.

A Nigerian boss who tells you "Come to my Church/Mosque", usually wants to cheat you or make money by getting your hands stained, because they find Religion a useful tool to circumvent your conscience. It makes it easy for you to be owed salary or duped of your allowances while making you blame God for it, since you have agreed that you will not see God while you are alive.

Nigerians prefer more of Religion and less of Creator because it allows them conceal their ulterior motives in relating with people.

Liturgy:
Variety they say is the spice of life. So these days, not only first class is bagged by Nigerians in UK, even life imprisonment also has a part to play. Eyaah

Over there, we are feared for our ability to advance in both Good and Bad.

Japanese, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa,etc and Ebira have a common origin in the first language spoken by human beings here in Nigeria. That language was ancient Sanskrit.

For example, the Ebira name: Okino is also Japanese.
The Igbo name: Chika is also Japanese.


The original Japanese were Black People who migrated to Asia when Igbo, Ebira, etcwere were still within the Ancient mother language.

To show how ancient Ebira language is:

Adam (first human in Genesis creation myth) in Ebira is Ada' am (my father)

Eve(second human in Genesis creation myth) in Ebira is Eva (number 2)

Orihi a a zu.

Miri ne e zo.

Ebira and Igbo for 'rain is falling'

Both languages have their root in a mother language.

Egyptian Mortuary Statuette found in Northern Illinois

The Ancient Egyptians had sailed all over the World. They were Black people.



https://www.pinterest.com/pin/297026537908762159/

kikuyu1:


This is extremely significant! Remember Gods of Egypt with its white Egyptians? Is the MSM finally telling the truth? Too early to tell,but its a positive development.

The reaction to Gods of Egypt really jolted the MSM. Gone are the days of an Elizabeth Taylor acting Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

At least, for now, the MSM realises that there is a market of a Black audience that now knows better.

ABC TV 2016-2017 drama series Still Star-Crossed is written around Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet period. Starring Sterling Sulieman as the Italian Prince Escalus and Ebonée Noel as Livia Capulet.

Hollywood casting is now reflecting the Black History of Europe.



https://www.pinterest.com/gikit/native-europeans/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Star-Crossed

swegiedon:

how do I begin this journey of self discovery as a black man

There are many starting points. In the American Diaspora, some started by re-learning African History, written by Africans. Others connected to African Spiritualities, rejecting the White image of the Creator. My own starting point was Sat Guru Maharaj Ji.

The power that White People have over Black People, is no longer in nuclear missiles, fighter aircraft, etc. It is in knowing Black People, more than Black People know about themselves and funding religion, electronic and print media (especially text books) to maintain an imaginary status quo of White Supremacy.

It psychologically harms a Black Child in the Americas, to be taught a false history of an assumed White Europe and everything negative about Black History. At the same time it may be psychologically advantageous to a White Child, but in a negative manner that leads to #BlackLivesMatter